Shericka Jackson set the third best time in 200m history in 21.55 seconds to become Jamaican champion on Sunday in Kingston.
At 3 weeks from the Worlds, she did not hide her surprise when she saw her time on the display panel, validated by the absence of wind.
“I am shocked”
“Honestly, I’m shocked, I didn’t expect to go so fast, I knew I had it in my legs, but to run so fast…“, she reacted.
Only the late Florence Griffith-Joyner, whose world record (21.34) still stands since 1988, and Elaine Thompson-Herah, who ran in 21.53 last year at the Tokyo Olympics, were more faster than her on the half-lap.
Jackson (28) exploded her personal best time of 26 hundredths to beat Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah (22”05) and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (22”14). She also beat a world best performance of the year (21”77) achieved a handful of hours earlier by Abby Steiner in Eugene at the United States Championships.
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